Scottish Catholic Observer

Cardinal Keith O’Brien has asked young Catholics from Scotland attending World Youth Day in Madrid next week to return ‘better followers of Jesus Christ’ and more eager ‘to share in the mission of our Church in Scotland.’ More than 300 young Catholics from Scotland, representing each of the country’s eight Catholic... read more

Pupils from a Catholic primary school in Glasgow will be the envy of all their friends after winning a competition to spend the night in one of the city’s biggest toyshops. Nineteen P7 pupils from St Philomena’s won the competition organised by Hamleys in the St Enoch’s Centre and will now... read more

Five pupils from Our Lady’s High School were part of a UK delegation to China this summer. The Cumbernauld school is the Confucius Hub for North Lanarkshire and several of its senior pupils joined teacher Margaret O’Boyle and pupils and teachers from other hubs across the UK for the trip. Our Lady’s... read more

As the Vicar of Christ, Pope Benedict XVI can expect to receive many special requests and letters. Few will be as personal, however, as a parcel he will soon receive from young pupils at an East Kilbride primary school thanking him for the time he recently spent in Scotland. As Pope... read more

A large contingent of pupils and staff from Cardinal Newman High School in Bellshill were present at Cofton Park, Birmingham on Sunday September 19 for the Beatification Mass of their school patron. Being the only Catholic high school in Scotland with Cardinal John Henry Newman as its spiritual patron, the school... read more

In John Ogilvie High School the Pope’s visit was discussed regularly so that we were aware of its importance individually and to the wider Catholic community. At these meetings it was stressed to  us to expect a vast amount of people at Bellahouston Park to take part in Mass. Because of... read more

Pope Benedict XVI has told almost 4000 school pupils from across the UK, including a strong contingent from Scotland, that if they choose God’s path they are ‘well on the way to becoming saints’. On the second day of his UK visit the Pope led the Big Assembly—a celebration of Catholic... read more

The Scottish Youth Cross was presented to him by the young Catholic people of Scotland and will be taken to Bellahouston Park for the Papal Mass tomorrow before traveling to other destinations on the Holy Father’s UK itinerary and ultimately onto to World Youth Day in Madrid next year. The Cross... read more

A PRAYER kneeler and chairs to be used by Pope Benedict XVI at Bellahouston Park next week, have been presented to Bishop John Cunningham of Galloway Diocese by pupils from Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr. The four chairs and kneeler were designed and created by Queen Margaret pupils and were blessed... read more

More than 100 young people from Scotland will join their counterparts from across the UK in a celebration of Catholic education with Pope Benedict XVI at Twickenham, London, on the second day of the Holy Father’s state visit to the UK next week. Every Catholic secondary school in Scotland and each... read more